The door is still open, but not very, or for long. “I love you but…won’t you come by?”

LYRICS:


Verse:

I saw your text. It’s not you it’s me - wanting you to come and see
This place that’s like my second home. In my father’s house, I’m never alone.

Verse:

Won’t you come by, won’t you come and see - this place where I”m completely me?
Won’t you come on by, won’t you come and see? You can take this leap with me.

Chorus:

‘cause if you won’t even try,
I love you, but…won’t you come by?
Won’t you come by? Won’t you come by?
You and I - how we could fly!
I love you but…won’t you come by?

Verse:

It’s not your thing, I get it I know. You’re wearing me out with telling me so.
I love you, but hear me say: I’m about to walk away.

Verse (reprise):

Won’t you come by, won’t you come and see - 
this place where I”m completely me?
Won’t you come by, won’t you come and see? 
You can take this leap with me.

Chorus:

But if you won’t even try,
I love you, but…won’t you come by?
Won’t you come on by? Won’t you come by?
You and I - how we could fly!I love you but…won’t you come by?

Won’t you come by? Won’t you come by?

Won't you come by?

From 'Just Beneath the Floor', out November 5th.

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I don't think that you want it, I don't think you do. The dimness in your eyes betrays you. You should be possessed of desire, burning, seething, roiling, churning, wracking you from top to tender toesies. Unless... there it is. A spasm of life. A dull inkling. Fain recognition. Understanding. Awareness. Pure flaming ambition. You want Form Affinity's 'Mr Pain', from the 'Just Beneath the Floor' EP, premiered by Madjestic Kasual; you want it listened to, liked, reposted, shared unremittingly. You want it. I know.

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Mise En Place out May 5, 2017 via Father/Daughter Records
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Hovvdy - Cranberry
Out on Double Double Whammy February 9th, 2018

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Smokescreens began as a love letter to the Flying Nun scene of the 1980’s and it’s outlying bands. Chris Rosi and Corey Cunningham had become friends when the pair toured together in their bands Plateaus and Terry Malts in 2011. By 2015 both had moved to Los Angeles where they began the band in earnest with Rosi on guitar and Cunningham on bass. After getting their sea legs playing the bars and bowling alleys of Southern California, the duo recruited engineer/drummer Jon Greene to help them commit their shambolic paeans to kiwi pop onto tape. Recorded in a disused dairy factory and mixed in mono, their self-titled debut came out on Cunningham’s label Parked In Hell in February of 2017 and was reissued by Spain’s Meritorio Records later that summer.

After the passing of Jon Greene, the pair re-grouped with drummer Brice Bradley and bassist Jenny Moffett, a move that enabled Cunningham to switch to lead guitar and keyboards. The group worked tirelessly, nurturing their sound and writing batches of songs with steadfast dedication. They soon decamped to Primitive Ears, a small studio in North Hollywood, where they tracked the 10 songs that make up "Used To Yesterday." After a handful of quicksilver sessions, the group brought the tapes to producer Kyle Mullarky (The Allah-lahs) who created a final mix that really captures the band's rhythmic drive and melodic verve.

"Used To Yesterday" continues Smokescreen’s zeal for New Zealand pop but also incorporates influences from the more melodic side of Messthetics-era DIY pop and expands into classic indie pop territory, a natural fit for the group’s new label Slumberland Records. First single "The Lost Song" perfectly encapsulates where the band is coming from on this new record; literally a lost demo from the group's earliest days, it is here given a NZ-meets-Athens GA arrangement, galloping along at an urgent clip and packed with guitars that strum and jangle in magical unison.

Where Smokescreens really excel is in the quality of their songwriting and the ability to incorporate a disparate set of influences while still forging their own sound and identity. The song "Used To Yesterday" is classic power-pop, riding a chunky three chord riff and leavened by a bright, clanging lead. Elsewhere we find nods to The Velvet Underground ("Fool Me"), The Clean ("Someone New") and SF's beloved The Aislers Set ("Waiting For Summer"). Smokescreens are such skilled writers and keen students of sound that their cover of the über-obscure NZ band Wasp Factory's "Steel Blue Skies" fits in seamlessly. Album closer "Falling Down" could be a lost single from LA's paisley underground and definitely leaves the listener itching to hear where the band goes next.

Used To Yesterday

Smokescreens - Someone New

From Deeper's debut self titled album out May 25th on Fire Talk.

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The debut album from Chicago based Deeper. Origins of the project date back to 2014 where the band has made their mark locally supporting like minded acts Omni, Protomartyr, Chris Cohen & fellow Chicago powerhouses Whitney & Ne-Hi. Fresh off official after show appearances at Pitchfork & Lollapalooza the band is poised to jump out wide with this debut record. 9 tracks channel the anxiety and uneasiness of modern life in this pit of endless internet, chiming post punk rave ups with pointed "of the times" lyrics & gorgeous ambient interludes woven in.

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Deeper - Pavement

Even the tightest relationships are susceptible to unexpected change. “Run”, a new single from Chicago’s Deeper, examines what happens when we’re forced to confront the reality of these relationships and find the courage to walk away for the better. It’s not easy to abandon that image of who we thought we were, but it’s the leap into the unknown that’s the first step to self-actualizing. At first the song wrestles with identity amidst uncertainty, but as it progresses, a confidence emerges that has become the driving force for where Deeper is headed. Backed by an astutely scientific cover of the John Maus rarity “Bennington”, Deeper sheds the searching bottled up in previous material, carving out an ambit distinctly their own. Brisk, pointed and efficient, and no note wasted, “Run” b/w “Bennington” a new 7 Inch out in October 2019 sets the stage for the Chicago trio’s sophomore LP.

Deeper - Run

Flowers from Athens (Demo)

Debut EP out January 17th 2020 via Howlin' Banana.

Pop Crimes - Goes

songwriting and vocals by Ruby McGinn
instrumentation by Pablo Sotelo, Alan Mejia and Jonathan Colin 
production by Jonathan Colin
mixed and mastered by Pablo Sotelo